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Macquarie concise dictionary
2023
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Provides an up-to-date account of Australian English, with wide coverage to meet the needs of the general dictionary user. Based on the comprehensive Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition, this volume includes words and meanings which are peculiar to our variety of English, as well as those common to the whole English-speaking world. Includes: more than 1000 new words and definitions such as bossware, coercive control, infodemic, long COVID, Omicron, pyrocumulonimbus, range anxiety, Teal, truth-telling; updated entries to reflect changing perspectives relating to the environment, society, politics, technology and the internet; words and phrases from regional Australia; illustrative phrases showing how a word is used in context; etymologies; valuable usage notes.
Main title:
Macquarie concise dictionary / edited by Alison Moore.
Author:
Moore, Alison, editor
Edition:
9th edition.
Imprint:
Sydney, New South Wales : Macquarie Dictionary Publishers, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xi, 1459 pages ; 25 cm. 24 cm.
Notes:
Previous edition published: 2020.Australia's national dictionary -- Cover.
ISBN:
9781761267758 (hardback)
Dewey class:
423
Language:
English
BRN:
533099
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 423 MAC | Available |